EMPIRE CTR. v. STATE TEACHERS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, New York City ( Alia L. Smith and David A. Schulz of counsel), for appellant in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, Albany ( Jeffrey W. Lang , Barbara D. Underwood and Andrew D. Bing of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Elizabeth I. Freedman and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Richard E. Casagrande , New York City, and Keith J. Gross for New York State United Teachers, amicus curiae in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

Jonathan R. Donnellan , Office of General Counsel, Hearst Corporation, New York City ( Diego Ibarguen of counsel), J.P. Cratty , Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, Davenport, Iowa, Eugenie C. Gavenchak , General Counsel, News Corporation, New York City, Mark Jackson , General Counsel, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. ( Jason P. Conti of counsel), Matthew A. Leish , General Counsel, Daily News, L.P., David E. McCraw , General Counsel, New York Times Company, Dina Sforza , Cablevision Systems Corporation, Bethpage, and Sabin, Bermant & Gould LLP, Syracuse Media Group, New York City ( Richard Bernstein and Neil M. Rosenhouse of counsel), for Albany Times Union and others, amid curiae in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

Lisa M. King , Albany, and Jessica C. Caggiano for New York State Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

Atlantic Legal Foundation, Larchmont ( Martin S. Kaufman and Briscoe R. Smith of counsel), for Citizens Budget Commission and another, amici curiae in the first and second aboveentitled proceedings.